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2026 Football Roster

6 Eli Thompson

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 204
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Rochester, Minn.
  • High School Rochester Century
  • Position Wide Receiver

Biography

Awards & Honors

High School
Attended Rochester Century...Football: Earned honorable mention all-district status twice, first in the Big Southeast in 2022 and then in the Northstar South Maroon in 2023...Named an honorable mention on the Post Bulletin's All-Area team in 2022...Team captain in 2023...Big 9 Conference Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll recipient in 2023.

Personal

Why did you choose UW-Eau Claire?

"I chose Eau Claire for the amazing campus, great coaching staff, good education, and the chance to play football at the next level."

Why do you choose to play Division III?

"For the opportunity to continue playing the game I love."

Who is your role model/mentor? Why are they important to you?

"Jake Kirsch (ETS coach) - Throughout high school he helped me grow not only as an athlete but as a person"

If you could have dinner with any athlete, past or present, who would it be and why?

"Anthony Edwards - would love to just sit down and have a conversation with him, I bet it would be pretty funny."

What is on your pregame playlist?

NBAYoungBoy

If you weren't playing your sport, what sport would you compete in instead?

Golf

What's the most unusual item you always have in your backpack or locker?

Mini Bible

What's a talent you have that most people don't know about?

"I can do a backflip."

Statistics

Season:
2026

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Historical Player Information

  • 83

    2024Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 203 lbs
    83
  • 6

    2025Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 208 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2026Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 204 lbs
    6